diff --git a/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start b/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
index f991988a58..ca13d9133a 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ if [ "$ENABLE_DUMMYDEVICE" == "true" ] ; then
   VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P dummydevice"
 fi
 if [ "$ENABLE_SATIP" == "true" ] ; then
-  VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P satip"
+  VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P 'satip -d $SATIP_NUM_DEVICES'"
 fi
 if [ "$ENABLE_XMLTV2VDR" == "true" ] ; then
   VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P 'xmltv2vdr --epgfile=$ADDON_CACHE_DIR/epg.db'"
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/resources/settings.xml b/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/resources/settings.xml
index 9e9dc028bc..557a281dd4 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/resources/settings.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 		<setting id="ENABLE_XMLTV2VDR" type="bool" label="1045" default="false" />
 		<setting id="ENABLE_DUMMYDEVICE" type="bool" label="1047" default="false" />
 		<setting id="ENABLE_SATIP" type="bool" label="1048" default="false" />
+		<setting id="SATIP_NUM_DEVICES" type="slider" option="int" range="1,10" label="1058" visible="!eq(-1,false)" default="1" />
 		<setting id="ENABLE_EPGFIXER" type="bool" label="1049" default="false" />
 		<setting type="sep" />
 		<setting id="ENABLE_SOFTCAM" type="bool" label="1036" default="true" />
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/settings-default.xml b/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/settings-default.xml
index 20e96b852c..52afb13f0d 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/settings-default.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/settings-default.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     <setting id="ENABLE_CHARSET_OVERRIDE" value="false" />
     <setting id="CHARSET_OVERRIDE_STR" value="" />
     <setting id="IPTV_NUM_DEVICES" value="1" />
+    <setting id="SATIP_NUM_DEVICES" value="1" />
     <setting id="RESTFULAPI_IP" value="127.0.0.1" />
     <setting id="RESTFULAPI_PORT" value="8002" />
 </settings>